Tiny-Water-Gate [ty-nee wah-tur gayt], noun: The nom de scandal of Marco Rubio’s awkward grasp for a travel-sized Poland Spring bottle during his response to the State of the Union.

State of the Union [stayt ov thuh youn-yun], noun: Some other thing that happened right before Marco Rubio infamously had a sip of water.

Fashion Week [fash-uhn week], noun: The biannual(-ish), pan-city, peripatetic festival of new collections, street-style photography, and over-ambitious R.S.V.P.-ing, the New York iteration of which just concluded.

Chuck Hagel[chuck hey-gul], noun: President Obama’s selection for secretary of defense, whose confirmation process has been hijacked and impeded by Senate Best-Friends Committee co-chairs John McCain and Lindsey Graham.